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9 unusual facts about 2006 Asian Games


Akina Pau

Pau Ming Wai Akina (born 14 October 1974) is a fencer from Hong Kong, China who won a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games in the women's sabre team competition.

Arjun Muralidharan

In the 2006 Asian Games held at Doha, Qatar, Arjun smashed his own national record in the 100 m butterfly.

Cecil Mamiit

At the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Cecil won bronze in the men's tennis singles event losing to Lee Hyung Taik of South Korea.

Chen Hui-shan

She has represented Chinese Taipei in the 2006 Asian Games and the 2010 East Asian Football Championship.

Feng Jing

He was also part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2006 Asian Games.

Mesaieed

The desert played host to the Endurance competition in the 2006 Asian Games.

Renu Goswami

She represented India at the 2006 Asian Games, the Asian Championships and the SAF Games.

Ryosuke Baba

Baba was part of the Japanese team that won the silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games.

Salam Shaker

Shakir represented the former Iraqi Olympic side that won silver at the 2006 Asian Games at Doha, and he was called into the national B team for the 2007 King's Cup in Thailand.


Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

The region is also an emerging hotspot for events, including the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü

He won the gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) category of the 2006 Asian Games, having defeated Almas Atayev of Kazakhstan in the final match.

Grand Hamad Stadium

The stadium was used extensively during the 2006 Asian Games, and was a venue for several different sports; these include football, table tennis, rugby sevens and fencing.

Nor Farhan Muhammad

He also played in 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar represented Malaysia U-23 team.

Ooredoo

And during the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, the company launched the Asian games mobile portal, bringing entertainment and information services related to the Asian games event.

Rauf Hukmatov

He finished in joint fifth place in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2006 Asian Games, having lost to Guo Lei of China in the bronze medal match.

Rauf Inileev

As coach of Uzbekistan U-23 Inileev guided the U-23 team to the last eight of 2006 Asian Games in Doha.

Reza Chahkhandagh

He finished in joint fifth place in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2006 Asian Games, having lost to Takashi Ono of Japan in the bronze medal match.

Shokir Muminov

He won a bronze medal at the lightweight (73 kg) category of the 2006 Asian Games, defeating Aidar Kabimollayev of Kazakhstan at the bronze medal match.

Soft tennis at the 2006 Asian Games

Soft tennis was a discipline of the tennis competitions at the 2006 Asian Games.

Tseung Kwan O Velodrome

The Hong Kong government agreed to build the velodrome after Wong Kam-po won the gold medal for the men's road race in the 2006 Asian Games at Doha, amid concerns that athletes who represent Hong Kong had to rely on training facilities in China.


see also

Kyunggi High School

An 2006 Asian Games gold medalist (three) and 2007 World Aquatics Championships gold medalist Park Tae-Hwan graduated in February 2008 (Korean academic year starts in March and ends in February).